Dentistry dean search committee named

Laurie K. McCauley, professor of dentistry and chair of the department of periodontics/prevention/geriatrics, will lead the School of Dentistry Dean Search Advisory Committee. Members are charged with finding a successor to Dean William E. Kotowicz, whose appointment ends Dec. 31.

Interim Provost Paul Courant will ask the committee to conduct a national search and present an unranked slate of final candidates in the fall of 2002.

We look forward to the selection of a new dean who will continue the exciting intellectual and educational activities important to the future of the school, Courant said.